Individual Protection

Aviva has promoted Andrea Montague (pictured) to chief risk officer. Montague, who joined the insurer as group chief financial controller in April 2020, has held senior finance and audit leadership roles at...

Advisers need to move beyond initial conversation starters and really take clients down the rabbit hole to unlock the true value of income protection (IP) for clients. This is according to Sam...

Aston Lark Ireland has acquired Deanspoint Insurance Brokers Limited which trades as Abbey Murphy Insurance. The announcement follows yesterday's news about Aston Lark agreeing terms to acquire the clients of The Health...

Protection distributor Enduralife has appointed Kevin Paterson (pictured) as managing director. Paterson, whose previous roles include director of sales and marketing at Ceta Insurance and Assurant Solutions, and managing director of Source...

AIG Life has extended the maximum age and cover amounts for its Instant Life insurance product. It has increased the maximum age at purchase from 54 to 59 and extended its maximum...

Protection intermediary LifeSearch is making mental health workforce resilience and wellbeing app ShinyMind available to its staff after investing in the technology business. The interactive mental health portal, created by ShinyMind in...

Aviva has eased its underwriting disclosure requirements and restrictions on Covid-19 for individual protection applications. It has also updated questions around mental health issues and while there has been no fundamental change...

Resolution Life US Holdings has signed a reinsurance deal with Lincoln National covering life policies worth $9.4bn. The transaction mostly covers policyholders who took out their insurance through a bank or their...

A senior MP has warned the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) may be repeating past failings and ignoring the report into the collapse of London Capital & Finance (LCF) as it handles the...

Iress has launched an enhancement to its quote and apply software The Exchange which enables advisers to compare protection products across multiple features. Building on the firm's pricing comparison capability, the update...